An occasional dining room in this building was named for four large black bodyguards assumed to be Ethiopians who guarded its owner; that room connect
An occasional dining room in this building was named for four large black bodyguards assumed to be Ethiopians who guarded its owner; that room connected to a Concert Hall with life size plinths of the Muses. The Concert Hall, in turn, is part of the three room enfilade designed by Giacomo Quarenghi for this building, which contains Malachite and Gold drawing rooms. Domenico Trezzini designed its third incarnation, while this building's rotonda is lit by an oculus and was designed by Auguste de Montferrand, who also designed the Field Marshal's Hall. The Jordan Staircase and the Grand Church still have Rastrelli's rococo styling, much of which was destroyed by an 1837 fire, after which native architects such as Vasily Stasov were hired. For 10 points, name this building whose Great Throne Room is connected to the Hermitage, once the official residence of Russian tsars.
An occasional dining room in this building was named for four large black bodyguards assumed to be Ethiopians who guarded its owner; that room connected to a Concert Hall with life size plinths of the Muses.
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